Novell Doc: NW 6.5 SP8: Utilities Reference

1.145 RIGHTS

Purpose

Use at a workstation to do the following:

View or modify user or group rights for files
View or modify user or group rights for directories and volumes

RIGHTS is a client-side application, not a server-side application. Install the Novell Client for Windows on your workstation, then use the Novell Map Network Drive option in the client menu to map a local drive letter to the sys:/public directory. Open a DOS Command Prompt window, cd to the mapped drive, then issue the rights command from the command line.

Syntax



RIGHTS path [[ + | - ] rights] [/option...] [/? | /VER]

Parameter	Use to
path	Specify the path to the file, directory, or volume you want to modify or view rights to (you must always specify a path).
+ \| -	Add or delete the specified rights. See Using RIGHTS.
rights	Specify one or more file or directory rights. See Rights.
/option	Replace option with any available option.
/?	View online help. All other parameters are ignored when /? is used.
/VER	View the version number of the utility and the list of files it uses to execute. All other parameters are ignored when /VER is used.

Option	Use to
/C	Scroll continuously through output.
/F	View the Inherited Rights Filter (IRF).
/I	View the trustee and group rights that created the inherited rights, and view where the inherited rights came from.
/NAME=username	View or modify rights for the user or group listed. Replace username with the name of the user or group whose rights you want to view or modify.
/S	View or modify subdirectories below the current level.
/T	View trustee assignments in a directory.

Rights

The following table lists the rights, the letter to use for each right, and what the right is used for.

Right	Letter	Use to
Supervisor	S	Grant all rights to the file or directory.
Read	R	Open and read files in the directory.
Write	W	Open and write to files in the directory.
Create	C	Create files and subdirectories.
Erase	E	Erase files and directories.
Modify	M	Rename files and directories, and change file attributes.
File Scan	F	View and search on file and directory names in the file system structure.
Access Control	A	Add and remove trustees and change trustee rights to files and directories.
No Rights	N	Remove all rights.
Remove	REM	Remove the user or group as a trustee of the specified file or directory.
All	ALL	Add All rights except Supervisor.

Using RIGHTS

If you use + (plus) to add rights, the rights you list are added to the existing rights.
If you use - (minus) to remove rights, the rights you list are deleted from the existing rights.
If you add and delete rights in the same command, group all added rights together and all deleted rights together.
If you list rights without using + or -, the rights you list replace the existing rights.
You must always specify a path. You can use a period (.) to represent your current directory.
You can use wildcard characters.

Examples

To set the trustee rights in the current directory for user JANICE to Read, Write, and File Scan, type
```
RIGHTS . R W F /NAME=JANICE
```

To remove user ERNESTO from alice/sys:users, type



RIGHTS ALICE/SYS:USERS REM /NAME=ERNESTO

To see where user PATRICK's inherited rights came from for sys:users/home, type
```
RIGHTS SYS:USERS/HOME /NAME=PATRICK /I
```